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WILLIAMS v. DADE COUNTY

No. 69-684.

237 So.2d 776 (1970)

Dorothy WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. DADE COUNTY, Florida, E. Wilson Purdy, Sheriff of Dade County, Florida, James Cribbs and James Laurie, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton & Schwartz, Granat, Rosenblatt & Roemer, Miami, for appellant.

Knight, Underwood, Peters, Hoeveler & Pickle, Dixon, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell and Roy S. Wood, Jr., Miami, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, C.J., and CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.

PEARSON, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Dorothy Williams, brought an action for the wrongful death of Johnnie Lee Williams. She claimed to be his wife by virtue of a common-law marriage.1 The complaint claimed that Johnnie Lee Williams had been killed by the negligent act of police officers acting within the scope of their employment by the county. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial judge directed a verdict for all the defendants...

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